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6. Conservation of Resources

Encourage businesses to minimize water pollution, solid waste, energy consumption, water usage, landscaping chemicals, and overly bright nighttime lighting. Advertise these measures in a way that attracts the large, environmentally sympathetic tourist market.

Above, climbers gaze on sky, snow, and rocky mountains from atop Pico Espejo in Venezuela.

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